{"id":8718,"date":"2025-10-08T12:34:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T12:34:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nhd.org\/?post_type=resource&#038;p=8718"},"modified":"2025-10-08T12:34:21","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T12:34:21","slug":"researching-silent-heroes-four-different-wars-and-researching-life-before-the-war","status":"publish","type":"resource","link":"https:\/\/nhd.org\/en\/resources\/researching-silent-heroes-four-different-wars-and-researching-life-before-the-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Researching Silent Heroes: Four Different Wars and Researching Life Before the War"},"content":{"rendered":"<p  class=\"appear-on-scroll is-style-intro\" >This webinar is the first in our\u00a0<em>Researching Silent Heroes<\/em>\u00a0series for the 2025-2026 academic year. This webinar focuses on setting World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War into historical context. 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